Eraser-tip for lead-pencils.



`lA'iENTED JAN. 1,`190'7.

, A L. '.T. REGKENDORFER. "ERASER TIP FOR LEAD PENGILS.

APPLIUATION FILEDv JULY 1a. i1906.

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je@ a known am i, new J. Reemenonrnn, a citizen of theUnitedStates, and a resident of New Yorlgin the county of N ew` Yorlrand State` of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements `in Eraser-Tips for Leadlencils, oi?. which the following is a'speciification.

This ,invention hasreference to `improvements in eraser-tips for lead-pencils and its object to provide apencil with a suppley threads, the inner screw-threads to receive and hold a block of'erasive material. yThe outer screw-threads of the ferrule receive the screwthreaded end oa supplemental and removable ferrule or sleeve, which in turn carries at its outer end a block of erasive material. Bythis means the primary eraser-tip is protected from dirtso long asthe supplemental removable ierrule is in placeon t e iirst ferrule, so that the erasive material carried by the supplemental ferrule may be employed for erasive pure, poses until worn out, which usually `occurs be,

ore the pencil is more than half used up, after which the supplemental ferru'lemay be u nscrewed and thrown away, When a fresh .and clean block, of erasive material will still be lead-pencil is all used up. .All this will appearrom the following detailed description,

A taken in connection with the 4 accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is-a side view of a lead-pencil constructed in' accordance with my invention with the supplemental ferrul'e in place. Fig. 2 is a similar vview showing the supplemental ferrule removed. Fig. 3 is an enlarged lone gitudinal section throughthe end of the pencil carrying the ferrules, and Fig. 4 isa longitudinal section of apoint-protector constructed in accordance 'with my' invention and appliedtoapencil.` f l Re erring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the .drawings, there is shown a lead-pencil 1 of ordinary construction. One en of the pencil is 'formed into a tenon V2, which receives one end ofametallic ierrule 3 the free end cf which's shaped into a screw-thread 4 on both' the 4 Specicaticn of Lettere Patent. Application iled July 1S, m06. Serial lo. 326,128.

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outer andinner surfaces.,v On the portion of the ferrule 3 surrounding the tenen 2 there is ,formed a circumferential bead 5, the purpose of which will hereinafter appear, and indentations, adjacent to this bead, serve to secure the ierrule tc the t-enon 2in the 4usual manner. able erasive material, is forced part way into the threaded end of the ferrule 3 and is there rojecting screwf threads 4. The portion o' the erasive block which projects beyond the ierruleis intended for use in the ordinary manner.l fI lie ierrule 3 and the block? correspond to .the ordinary metallic ferrule and eraser with which the better grade Gilead-pencils are supplied.`

Ordinarily, because of the nature of the material used, these yrubber erasive blocks project'only about'one-fourth of. aninch beond the ferrulel carrying them, and it citen A bloclr 7, of rubber or 'other suitr apiens that long' before the .pencil has been use up the rubber eraser-block has been` worn down to the end of the errule, and its utility is then lost.V Y

In order to erasive materia for each 'pencil than is practicable with the simple metallic eraser-carrying ferr'ule, I provide a supplemental ferrule 8, Wh.ich at one end 9 is shaped to receive and lretainf a block 10, -of erasive material, and

lprovide alarger amount of I near the other end has a threaded portion 11,

which merges into a plain cylindrical portion 12. Y n

The supplemental ferrule 8 1s of such size 'that it may be screwed onto the ferrule 3, thetbread 1l of the former fitting the thread 4 of the latter, while the smooth cylindrical portion 12 of the errule 8 passes over and lbeyond Vthe thread 4 until it 'nally abuts against lthe bead 5, which therefore acts as a stop for the supplemental ierrule 8.

When a pencil so equipped is irst used, the! supplemental ferrule 8 is 1n place on the pencil, and the erasive block lis the only one exposed for use. The .erasivefblock l0 ultimately becomes worn until itis no longer fit for use, and the user then. unserer/Vs the ferrule 8 and throws it. away, exposing a fresh clean unused eraser, and so vfar as this particular pencil is ,concerned the erasing end is ite new, and the utility or" lthepencil in respect is thus prolonged. The encil as a whole is therefore much more usefu than when provided only with 'thecrdinary eraser- .It is evident that one of the two eraser- 'I OO rio .2e 1 vve-10,372 p i .erasing pencil-marks when the supplemental ferrule 8 is inplace and may be used for erasblocks may be of the'kind which is capable of yerasing `lead-pencil marks only, while the.

other eraser-block-say the protected block `7-'1nay be made of an abrasive material,

such as 1s used for erasing lnk-marks' and which is generally known as a .rubber inkeraser, so that the pencil may be used for ing both ink-marks and pencil-marks When the supplemental ferrule 8 isl temporarily removed for this special purpose or when it is finall removed, as above set forth. v

As ereinbefore stated, the priniaryferrule need not be lfast on the lead-pencil, but may be removable therefrom tov serve asa pointprotector. This is indicated 'in Fig. 4, where lthe encil l is shown with a point-protector in the other figures of the drawings'.

receives the supplemental ferrule-S, with its 3 oordinary construction. The free end lof this point-protector' is formed with the screw-threads 4 and bead 5 and carries the erasive block 7 precisely the, same as hown t also erasive block 10.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1. A lead-pencil provided with an erasercarrying ferrule, and having removably applied to said ferrule, land protecting ysaid "eraser, another or supplemental ferrule car-\ rying an erasive bloc exposed for use, substantially as describedon-one end an eraser-carrying ferrule, and having removably applied to said ferrule,

andprotecting said eraser, another or suphaving its `free .en

2. A lead-pencil havingpermanently fixed tal ferrule. threaded to screw onto the primary ferrule and serving tov cover and protect the erasive block carried by said primary -ferrule, the said supplemental ferrule also carrying a block of erasive material exposed for use, substantially as described.

4. A lead-pencil having permanently fixed y on 011e end thereof a ferrule having its free end formed witha screw-threadand there receiving and holding a block of erasive material, and a sup lemental'ferrule threaded to'` screw onto tg y serving to cover and protect `the erasive e permanent f errule andy block carriedby said permanent ferrule, the

said supplemental -ferrule also carrying a block of erasive material exposed for use,

substantially-as described.

5. The combination with a ferrule carryor supplemental ferrule, .carrying an erasive block a't one end and having the other end shaped to fit over and be temporarily secured to the eraser end of the primary ferrule, sub' stantially as described.

ing an erasive block at one end, -of another In testimony whereof I have signed'rny name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. p

Louis J. RECKENDORFER.

' Witnesses:

MORRIS J. LEoNnARDT, GEORGE D. DIoKElssnN. 

